Sonoma-Sutter County CA Archives Biographies.....Harris, Jacob 1827 - 
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Author: Alley, Bowen & Co. (1880)

Harris, Jacob. Born in Grayson county, Kentucky, August 24, 1827. When quite
young he emigrated with his parents to Fountain Center, Indiana, where they
remained but a short time, when they moved to Montgomery county and resided for
four years, when they took up their residence in Vigo county, Indiana. In 1841,
they moved to Crawford county, Illinois, where they remained two years, then
returned to Vigo county. In 1846, they went to Davis county, Iowa, and in 1854,
the subject of this sketch emigrated to California, being about five months
making the trip. He first located in this county south of Santa Rosa on the
ranch now owned by Winfield Wright, where he held forth for two years, when he
moved north of Santa Rosa, on the ranch owned by G. W. Moore, and resided four
years, when he moved to Sutter county and engaged in farming for three years. In
1863 we find Mr. Harris back in this county, residing upon his present farm of
four hundred acres. Has held the office of Road Overseer for seven years.
Married Phoebe Fulkerson December 7, 1848. She was born in Montgomery county,
Indiana, on November 17, 1830. By this union they have four living children,
viz.: Thompson M., born October 29, 1849; Isabel, born August 28, 1851; Alice
C., born on the plains June 1, 1854, and died April 6, 1860; Richard A., born
April 6, 1856; Florence, born May 20, 1858.

Additional Comments:
Santa Rosa Township

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HISTORY
—OF-
SONOMA COUNTY,
-INCLUDING ITS—
Geology, Topooraphy, Mountains, Valleys and Streams;
—TOGETHER WITH—
A Full and Particular Record of the Spanish Grants; Its Early History and
Settlement, Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources; the Names of Original
Spanish and American Pioneers; a full Political History, Comprising the Tabular
Statements of Elections and Office-holders since the Formation of the County;
Separate Histories of each Township, Showing the Advancement of Grape and Grain
 Growing Interests, and Pisciculture;
ALSO, INCIDENTS OF PIONEER LIFE; THE RAISING OF THE BEAR FLAG; AND BIOGRAPHICAL
SKETCHES OF EARLY AND PROMINENT SETTLERS AND REPRESENTATIVE MEN;
—AND OF ITS—
Cities, Towns, Churches, Schools, Secret Societies, Etc., Etc.
ILLUSTRATED.
SAN FRANCISCO:
ALLEY, BOWEN & CO., PUBLISHERS.
1880.


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